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4. Drag the rotation handle until the design elements are rotated to the desired angle.
The current rotation angle is shown in the dialog box.
NOTE: To rotate the design elements in increments of 15 degrees, hold down the keyboard’s
Shift
key while dragging the rotation handle.
3-5-6. Making an offset copy of the selected outlines
To make an offset copy of the selected outlines (Modify-Offset,
):
With the
Offset
command, a copy of the selected outlines can be created with a specified offset.
1. Select one or more outlines.
A selection frame of “dashes” appears around the outline(s).
2. Do one of the following:
On the
Modify
drop-down menu, click
Offset
.
Click the Offset icon
in the toolbar.
The Offset dialog box appears.